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| Ask A Lobbyist Dept.: Maybe It All Works Out |
| Published: July 25, 2007, 2:35 pm |
| Tags: Ask A Lobbyist Dept, Congress, Lobbying |
| Every week, our Anonymous Lobbyist answers your questions about how laws get made and why they probably shouldn’t. If you have a question about the dirty business of doing business in... |
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| Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup |
| Published: July 26, 2007, 5:00 pm |
| Tags: Ask Metafilter, Hive Mind |
| How can I motivate myself to clean and organize?What's a good replacement for iTunes on my Mac?If I have previously bad credit, when is it a good time to start applying for new cards?What's your monthly grocery budget and grocery list look like?How can I automatically convert Word 2007 files to pre-07 docs when they are dropped in a folder? |
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| Ask Engadget: Wireless TV for the home? |
| Published: July 28, 2007, 9:44 pm |
| Tags: Ask Engadget, Askengadget, Wireless Tv, Wirelesstv |
| Filed under: Features, Home Entertainment, WirelessThis time on Ask Engadget, Lenny's looking for a way to consolidate a couple of national past times: eating and television. What a noble quest. If you've got a similarly humanitarian tech conundrum, or just want the masses to weigh in on something more pedestrian, hit us up at ask at engadget dawt |
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| This Week in Ask.cars.com |
| Published: July 27, 2007, 4:40 pm |
| Tags: Ask Cars Com |
| There are about as many all-wheel-drive systems on the market as there are potholes in Chicago, so it's hard to determine if one automaker's uniquely named AWD system is actually any different from another. This week at Ask.cars.com we compared Audi's Quattro system to Acura's Super Handling All-Wheel Drive, and also dug up some news on when the |
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| From eTours To Commanding Ask.com: Jim Lanzone's Story |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 9:30 am |
| Tags: Ask Employees |
| I Fought the Law from the New York Times tells the story of how Jim Lanzone defaulted to a legal degree and learned his true passion was for Internet companies. Jim Lanzone, Ask.com's CEO, attended the Emory University School of Law in Atlanta. He then worked for Justice Hugh P. Thompson at the Supreme Court of Georgia, and then had a summer job |
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| Ask a ScienceBlogger: Can forensics distinguish identical twins? [Science To Life] |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 12:37 pm |
| Tags: Ask A Scienceblogger |
| I have the honor of answering the next installment of "Ask a ScienceBlogger". This time around the question is: Can a forensic scientist tell the difference between DNA from blood samples of identical twins? The short answer is "No." Identical, or monozygotic, twins occur when a fertilized egg divides into two embryos that then develop into |
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| Hive Mind: Ask MetaFilter Roundup |
| Published: July 30, 2007, 4:00 pm |
| Tags: Ask Metafilter, Hive Mind |
| What's a good place to find a word's etymology?How do I build a data warehouse that scrapes data from public websites for my own use?How can I improve my interview skills?How can I successfully intoduce a cat into my household given the presence of a high strung dog?Why does iTunes hang when my wireless is wonky? |
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| IAC Reports Q2 Earnings, Ask.com Revenue Down On A Per Query Basis |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 10:11 am |
| Tags: Ask Business Issues |
| Ask.com's parent company, IAC, released their second quarter earnings statement today. Ask.com is bundled into the "Media & Advertising" category, which overall reported higher revenue than the previous year by 33%. However, Ask.com realized a "lower revenue per query since the launch" of Ask 3D in June. Why? Because the new interface |
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| IAC Up, Ask Down In Second Quarter |
| Published: July 31, 2007, 2:31 pm |
| Tags: Company Amp 038 Product Profiles, Ask, Iac |
| A strong second quarter by IAC saw a 78% increase in profits, mostly driven by assets sales and reduced costs. The positive headline results did not flow through to the struggling 4th ranked search engine Ask.com, which saw a decline in revenues. The second quarter decline comes despite a $100 million Crispin, Porter + Bogusky advertising campaign |
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| Ask The Readers: How do you handle inappropriate humor in the workplace? |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 9:30 am |
| Tags: Ask The Readers, Humor, Ideas, Work |
| Light-hearted banter and joking in the office is helpful for keeping stress low and spirits high. Unfortunately, crude humor can sneak up and morph into inappropriate and offensive joke-telling over time. The Race in the Workplace weblog gives some tips on how to handle racist joking in the workplace.Figuring out how to react when a co-worker |
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| Ask TUAW: Open Firmware passwords, Desktop pictures, folder syncing and more |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 5:00 am |
| Tags: Ask Tuaw, Asktuaw, Chronosync |
| Filed under: Features, Tips and tricks, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAWWe've got a bumper crop in Ask TUAW this week! We tackle questions about about setting an Open Firmware password, changing Desktop pictures, folder syncing, external hard drives, video adapters, Palm/Mac personal finance packages and more. Let's keep it going! Please include your |
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| In Brief: Redskins Tattoo Guy really likes the Redskins. ... |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 12:25 pm |
| Tags: Ask Me About John Riggins, Washington Redskins |
| Redskins Tattoo Guy really likes the Redskins. A lot. But what if they go ahead and change the name? [With Leather] |
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| In Brief: Redskins Tattoo Guy really likes the Redskins. ... |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 12:25 pm |
| Tags: Ask Me About John Riggins, Washington Redskins |
| Redskins Tattoo Guy really likes the Redskins. A lot. But what if they go ahead and change the name? [With Leather] |
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| In Brief: "How can I prevent 'forehead glare'? My forehead ... |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 1:39 pm |
| Tags: Advice, Ask Faggot, Servicey |
| "How can I prevent 'forehead glare'? My forehead is always so shiny." [Ask Mefi] |
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| Ask A Lobbyist Dept.: What to Wear |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 3:21 pm |
| Tags: Ask Lobbyist Dept, Lobbying |
| Every week, our Anonymous Lobbyist answers your questions about how laws get made and why they probably shouldn’t. If you have a question about the dirty business of doing business in... |
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